CHICAGO STREET ZOO READING AND

VOCABULARY EXTENSIONS

VOCABULARY

PREFACE

sneaky tricky

housed kept or sheltered

generations all of the people born and living at about the same time

prairie a large open area of grassland

belief something one accepts as true or real

myth a traditional story, usually about the early history of a group often

about some event in nature

folklore the long-held beliefs, customs, and stories of an area, passed down

from person to person

catalog an organized list of things, usually with a short description of each

item on the list

INTRODUCTION

glacier a large mass of ice formed in cold regions from crushed snow

century one hundred years

swampland an area with swamps, a marshland

grazed fed on growing grass

slithered moved by twisting and sliding along a surface

lagoon a body of fresh water that connects to a larger lake or river

settlement a place where people have recently settled; colony

granary a structure built to store grain, like wheat or corn

processed handled, treated, or changed something by following a procedure

schooner a sailing ship with at least two masts

traditions the handing down of a culture's beliefs and customs from parents to

children over many years

structure anything that has been built

extravagant expensive and fancy

warehouse a large building or other place where products or private goods are

stored

half-century fifty years

distant faraway

imitation a copy of something else; likeness

domesticated tamed

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species different types

migration moving from one region into another

represented standing for or being a sign of something

authority command, control, power

fertility producing or able to produce young, seeds, or other offspring

comical funny, amusing

associated connected

masculinity the details associated with being a male

omen something that is believed to be a sign of future good or evil

self-sacrifice giving up of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others

devotion love or loyalty

symbolized represented, stands for

gossiped told stories about someone

quarrymen workers who quarry stone

locomotive an engine that moves by its own power to pull or push railroad cars

chisel a metal tool with a sharp edge, used for cutting stone, wood, or metal

expensive costing a lot of money

blacksmith a person who shapes iron by softening it with heat and using tools to

make various items

tinsmith a person who makes and repairs items of tin or other lightweight

metals

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mammal a warm-blooded animal (including humans) that has a spine, hair or

fur, and feeds its young milk

respected honored, valued, esteemed

guardian a person who protects

traditionally commonly, usually

nobility dignity, decency

sacred holy

butcher a person or store that sells meat

keen quickly able to sense or understand; sharp

ancient very old; existing for many years

wealth prosperity, riches

royalty a member of a royal family

lumbering moving in a heavy, clumsy way

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reptile a cold-blooded animal with a skeleton inside its body and dry scales or

hard plates on its skin

amphibian a small animal that spends part of its life cycle in water and part of its

life cycle on land

inspiration something that motivates or encourages

offspring the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant

prosperity being wealthy and successful

abundance a very large amount; plentiful supply

vast very large in size or area

delicate very fine; complex; skillfully made

propel move forward, thrust, push, or drive

international between two or more countries, globally, or worldwide

civilizations cultures or societies

devour gulp, gobble

engineering building and technology

immortality having everlasting life

venomous poisonous

fatal deadly

aggressive violent, hostile, destructive

savage fierce, cruel

PREFACE (page 1)

VOCABULARY: FILL IN THE BLANK: Choose the correct word from the box to

complete each sentence.

belief catalog folklore generation housed myth prairie sneaky

1) _______________________________ kept or sheltered

2) _______________________________ an organized list of things, usually with a short

description of each item on the list

3) _______________________________ tricky

4) _______________________________ a traditional story, usually about the early

history of a group often about some event in nature

5) _______________________________ all of the people born and living at about the

same time

6) _______________________________ something one accepts as true or real

7) _______________________________ the long-held beliefs, customs, and stories of an

area, passed down from person to person

8) _______________________________ a large open area of grassland

ACTIVITY: 3-2-1: Complete the following:

Interesting Facts ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Questions You Have ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Most Interesting Idea ____________________________________________________________

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INTRODUCTION (pages 3-5)

VOCABULARY: MISSING CONSONANTS: Fill in the missing consonants in the

vocabulary words below:

1) ___ i ___ ___ a ___ ___ (faraway)

2) ___ ___ a ___ ___ ___ a ___ ___ (an area with swamps, a marshland)

3) ___ ___ a ___ i ___ i o ___ ___ (the handing down of a culture's beliefs and

customs from parents to children over many years)

4) ___ a ___ ___ - ___ e ___ ___ u ___ y (fifty years)

5) ___ ___ i ___ ___ e ___ e ___ (moved by twisting and sliding along a surface)

6) e ___ ___ ___ a ___ a ___ a ___ ___ (expensive and fancy)

7) ___ a ___ o o ___ (a body of fresh water that connects to a larger lake or river)

8) ___ ___ o ___ e ___ ___ e ___ (handled, treated, or changed something by

following a procedure)

9) ___ ___ ___ o o ___ e ___ (a sailing ship with at least two masts)

10) ___ ___ a ___ i e ___ (a large mass of ice formed in cold regions from crushed

snow)

11) ___ a ___ e ___ o u ___ e (a large building or other place where products or

private goods are stored)

12) ___ ___ a ___ e ___ (fed on growing grass)

13) ___ o ___ e ___ ___ i ___ a ___ e ___ (tamed)

14) ___ e ___ ___ ___ e ___ e ___ ___ (a place where people have recently settled;

colony)

15) ___ ___ ___ u ___ ___ u ___ e (anything that has been built)

16) ___ e ___ ___ u ___ y (one hundred years)

17) i ___ i ___ a ___ i o ___ (a copy of something else; likeness)

18) ___ ___ a ___ a ___ y (a structure built to store grain, like wheat or corn)

century distant domesticated extravagant glacier granary

grazed half-century imitation lagoon processed schooner

settlement slithered structure swampland traditions warehouse

ACTIVITY: CAUSE AND EFFECT: Next to each CAUSE, write the right EFFECT

from the list at the bottom.

CAUSE EFFECT

1) Wild onions smelled strong enough

for everyone to smell them, so…

2) The glaciers melted almost 12,000

years ago, so…

3) By the early 1800s, a European fort

and settlement existed, so…

4) In the city, barns housed cows,

horses, pigs, and chickens, so…

5) Much of Chicago burned down in

1871, so…

6) Many buildings had carvings of

animals in stone, metal, and clay,

so…

The city was rebuilt with structures of many types

Many animals and Indians moved away

People and animals knew they were near the edges of the river

People loved to look at the buildings to find the animals carved on them

There were fewer bison, elks, and cougars near the city

Native people arrived in what is now Chicago

CHAPTER 1 (page 6-9) VOCABULARY: CODES: Use the code below to figure out the vocabulary words in

each sentence.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

1) Strong (17-21-1-18-18-25-13-5-14) ______________________________________ dug out

blocks of stone to be carved.

2) The parrot is considered to be a (3-15-13-9-3-1-12) _______________________ bird.

3) Some birds travel during (13-9-7-18-1-20-9-15-14) ____________________________

cycles.

4) Weathervanes were often made by a (20-9-14-19-13-9-20-8) _____________________.

5) A good (15-13-5-14) _______________ could mean happiness or long life.

6) Royal birds represented (1-21-20-8-15-18-9-20-25) _________________________.

7) Magpies (7-15-19-19-9-16-5-4) ______________________ about other people.

8) Chicago has about three hundred (19-16-5-3-9-5-19) ____________________ of birds.

9) To mothers and fathers, pelicans represented (4-5-22-15-20-9-15-14)

__________________________.

10) Marble was more (5-24-16-5-14-19-9-22-5) __________________________________

than granite.

11) The rooster was (1-19-19-15-3-9-1-20-5-4) ________________________________

with courage.

12) A (2-12-1-3-11-19-13-9-20-8) _______________________________ worked with very

hot metal.

13) People thought eagles (18-5-16-18-5-19-5-14-20-5-4)

__________________________________ truth.

14) (19-5-12-6-19-1-3-18-9-6-9-3-5) ______________________________________________

means giving things up for others.

15) A raven sometimes (19-25-13-2-15-12-9-26-5-4) _________________________ death.

16) Robins were thought of as birds of (6-5-18-20-9-12-9-20-25) ____________________.

17) Limestone could be carved with a (3-8-9-19-5-12) ___________________________.

18) Train cars pulled by a (12-15-3-15-13-15-20-9-22-5)

______________________________________ carried limestone to a factory.

19) Roosters represented (13-1-19-3-21-12-9-14-9-20-25) _____________________________.

ACTIVITY: BIRD SYMBOLS: Fill in the chart below with information from the

chapter. The first one is an example.

BIRD NAME &

PAGE BIRD PICTURE WHAT THE BIRD SYMBOLIZES

OWL

p. 7

old, wise

EAGLE

p. 7

DOVE

p. 7

GOOSE

p. 7

PEACOCK

p. 7

PARROT

SWALLOW

ROBIN

p. 7

ROOSTER

p. 7

HEN

p. 7

DUCK

p. 7

CRANE

p. 7

PELICAN

p. 7

SPARROW

p. 7

CROW

p. 7

RAVEN

p. 7

MAGPIE

p. 7

STORK

p. 7

ACTIVITY: BUILDING MATERIALS: Put the correct building material in the box

with the correct facts.

BUILDING MATERIALS

MARBLE METALS SANDSTONE & LIMESTONE

GRANITE TERRA COTTA

from nearby quarries

softest stones

soft yellow or gray

transported on trains pulled by locomotives

carved by sculptors

made into tall fancy columns

harder stone

expensive

pretty

comes in many colors (green, red, purple, gray, white)

hardest stone

comes in many colors (brown, red, tan, black, white, gray)

made into statues of famous people

lasts longer

it means “burned earth”

made of clay

many Chicago factories used it

colors added and made into fancy shapes

baked in a kiln

sealed with glazes

iron, brass, steel, copper, and tin

made into things in foundries

heat causes it to become red, then white

made into parts of buildings like girders, trusses, and beams

made into fancy parts of buildings like weathervanes, cornices, and pediments

CHAPTER 2 (page 20-21) VOCABULARY: MULTIPLE CHOICE and WORD SEARCH: Circle the correct

word to match each meaning. Then find the word in the word search below.

1) a person or store that sells meat

A) nobility B) butcher C) sacred

2) commonly, usually

A) royalty B) traditionally C) sacred

3) a warm-blooded animal (including humans) that has a spine, hair or fur, and feeds its

young milk

A) mammal B) guardian C) nobility

4) a person who protects

A) wealth B) respected C) guardian

5) moving in a heavy, clumsy way

A) lumbering B) traditionally C) sacred

6) quickly able to sense or understand; sharp

A) mammal B) ancient C) keen

7) dignity, decency

A) respected B) keen C) nobility

8) honored, valued, esteemed

A) respected B) lumbering C) ancient

9) very old; existing for many years

A) wealth B) ancient C) traditionally

10) a member of a royal family

A) butcher B) royalty C) guardian

11) holy

A) sacred B) mammal C) royalty

12) prosperity, riches

A) lumbering B) keen C) wealth

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ACTIVITY: MAMMAL SYMBOLS: Fill in the chart below with information from the

chapter. The first one is an example.

MAMMAL NAME

& PAGE MAMMAL PICTURE

WHAT THE MAMMAL

SYMBOLIZES

LION

p. 20

king of the beasts

protection—guard building and

everyone inside

safe, respected

DOG

p. 20

CAT

p. 20

HORSE

p. 20

COW

p. 20

OX, BULL, COW,

OR PIG

p. 20

GAZELLE

p. 21

DEER OR STAG

p. 21

BUFFALO

p. 21

RABBIT OR

SQUIRREL

p. 21

MONKEY

p. 21

CAMEL

p. 21

CHAPTER 3 (page 31-33) VOCABULARY: SCRAMBLED WORDS: Unscramble the letters below to provide the

word that matches each definition. (The first letter of the word looks like this: a)

PAGE

NUMBER

DEFINTION SCRAMBLED

WORD

VOCABULARY

WORD

31 something that motivates or

encourages inontairsip

31 a cold-blooded animal with a

skeleton inside its body and dry

scales or hard plates on its skin

reltipe

31 the child or young of a particular

human, animal, or plant opsnfgrif

31 a small animal that spends part of

its life cycle in water and part of

its life cycle on land

anbmhaipi

32 move forward, thrust, push, or

drive plrpoe

32 a very large amount; plentiful

supply adcnabeun

32 cultures or societies caiviozitnsil

32 very fine; complex; skillfully made dltaecei

32 gulp, gobble duervo

32 being wealthy and successful peryiosptr

32 between two or more countries,

globally, or worldwide ialioaenrtntn

32 very large in size or area vtsa

33 building and technology eieingrengn

33 deadly faalt

33 fierce, cruel saeagv

33 having everlasting life itrlytmamio

33 poisonous vsoueomn

33 violent, hostile, destructive agevgisres

ACTIVITY: REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, OR CREEPY CRAWLER SYMBOLS: Fill in

the chart below with information from the chapter. The first one is an example.

REPTILE,

AMPHIBIAN, OR

CREEPY

CRAWLER

NAME & PAGE

REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN,

OR CREEPY CRAWLER

PICTURE

WHAT THE REPTILE,

AMPHIBIAN, OR CREEPY

CRAWLER SYMBOLIZES

SNAKE

p. 31

evil, bad omen

scary forces, good luck

inspiration

healing

TURTLE

p. 31

FROG

p. 31

FISH

p. 32

SEA HORSE

p. 32

DOLPHIN

p. 32

OCTOPUS

p. 32

CRAB

p. 32

BEE

p. 32-33

SCORPION

p. 33

CHICAGO STREET ZOO READING AND VOCABULARY

ANSWER KEY

PREFACE

VOCABULARY: FILL IN THE BLANK:

1) housed 2) catalog 3) sneaky 4) myth 5) generation 6) belief 7) folklore 8)

prairie

ACTIVITY: 3-2-1:

Individual responses

INTRODUCTION

VOCABULARY: MISSING CONSONANTS:

1) distant 2) swampland 3) traditions 4) half-century 5) slithered 6) extravagant

7) lagoon 8) processed 9) schooner 10) glacier 11) warehouse 12) grazed

13) domesticated 14) settlement 15) structure 16) century 17) imitation 18)

granary

ACTIVITY: CAUSE AND EFFECT: 1) People and animals knew they were near the edges of the river

2) Native people arrived in what is now Chicago

3) Many animals and Indians moved away

4) There were fewer bison, elks, and cougars near the city

5) The city was rebuilt with structures of many types

6) People loved to look at the buildings to find the animals carved on them

CHAPTER 1

VOCABULARY: CODES:

1) quarrymen 2) comical 3) migration 4) tinsmith 5) omen 6) authority

7) gossiped 8) species 9) devotion 10) expensive 11) associated 12) blacksmith

13) represented 14) self-sacrifice 15) symbolized 16) fertility 17) chisel

18) locomotive 19) masculinity

ACTIVITY: BIRD SYMBOLS:

owl old, wise

eagle strength, power, truth

dove peace

goose love

peacock royal birds, authority

parrot/

swallow/robin

birds of spring, fertility, (parrot—imitate people, comical, told secrets)

rooster courage, battle, masculinity, sunny daytime

hen motherhood

duck kindly, renewed the earth, kept it alive

crane good omen, happiness, long life

pelican self-sacrifice, devotion to mothers and fathers

sparrow lonely birds, liked being by themselves

crow bad omen, something bad was going to happen

raven war, illness, death

magpie brought bad news to married people, caused mom and dad to fight,

gossiped about other people

stork brings newborn babies to parents in a big sack held in their beak

ACTIVITY: BUILDING MATERIALS: -Sandstone & Limestone

-Marble

-Granite

-Terra Cotta

-Metals

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VOCABULARY: MULTIPLE CHOICE AND WORD SEARCH:

1) B) butcher 2) B) traditionally 3) A) mammal 4) C) guardian 5) A) lumbering

6) C) keen 7) C) nobility 8) A) respected 9) B) ancient 10) B) royalty 11) A) sacred

12) C) wealth

ACTIVITY: MAMMAL SYMBOLS:

lion king of beasts, protection—guard building and everyone inside, safe,

respected

dog best friend, guardian, very loyal to owner

cat peaceful, friendly, greets people at door, magic and special powers

horse grace, great speed, nobility

cow farm animals, gentle, help produce food, earth

ox, bull, cow,

or pig

great strength, power, kindly, sacred, food

gazelle beauty, secret knowledge, keen eyesight, watchers of what people do

deer or stag rebirth for all people, wealth, royalty,

buffalo good luck, food and clothing, noble

rabbit or

squirrel

forest friends, many babies, rebirth, make people laugh

monkey trouble, made funny things happen, clowns, made people laugh

camel good workers and helpers

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VOCABULARY: SCRAMBLED WORDS:

inspiration, reptile, offspring, amphibian, propel, abundance, civilizations, delicate,

devour, prosperity, international, vast, engineering, fatal, savage, immortality,

venomous, aggressive

ACTIVITY: REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, OR CREEPY CRAWLER SYMBOLS:

snake evil, bad omen, scary forces, good luck, inspiration, healing

turtle long life, moved slowly

frog jump high, swim fast, moon, fertility

fish prosperity, abundance, food, life and fertility

sea horse delicate, bravery at sea, international overseas trade

dolphin helpers, guides, lifesavers of people, honest, noble, comical

octopus scary, devoured men who fell overboard

crab tricky, mean, evil

bee hard work, organization, engineering, immortality, rebirth

scorpion anger, hatred, death, ruin, bad things, fatal, aggressive, savage, devil